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Top 9 on 9/9/09 and not a bad 9 today at that

I say that a lot here, but it always hold true. Swept the Pirates today and it feels good to see the Cubs have that kind of success on the road. But, you know then again, of course we did. We’re supposed to beat Pittsburgh. We’re supposed to win when Zambrano pitches. Even post-DL Zambrano is still supposed to be a victorious Zambrano. Outscored the Pirates by 10 runs over the past few days including a record tying performance of getting eight straight hits to start a game. Incredible, but like Lou asked, ‘where was this all year?’

Maybe a little too late….like Lou’s pep talk. It’s apparently lit a fire under the Cubs but now instead of controlling our own destiny, we need to rely on sad teams like Cincinnati. They haven’t done us any favors this week against the Rockies as they keep losing and the Rockies keep matching us result for result. At this rate we’ll gain no ground and that’s what’s so frustrating. Relying on teams that can’t hold a light to true contenders is no way to spend September. Yet here we are…we need to keep winning though in order to have a shot at grabbing the wild card. The Reds are currently up 3-2 in the top of the ninth so we’ll see. Would be nice to pick up a game tonight though.

Not sure why the media is making such a big deal over today’s date, 9/9/09, but they are. Last year the Olympics started on 8/8/08. Cool, but that was the Olympics. You know what today is? Just Wednesday. Anyway, MLB.com took advantage with a fun opportunity for fans to select the best all-time hitting performances in a season for players at all nine positions. Even for the Cubs, it’s not as easy as you’d think. Cubs fans should fill it out and let me know how you voted. Here’s how I voted:

What do you think Cubs fans? Would you vote differently? Why? I’ll break down my rationale over the next couple days. Wanted to get this out there today though while it was still 9/9/09.

Off day tomorrow, then back at Wrigley, Harden vs. the Reds. Let’s hope Cincy can do us some favors there and fall to the Cubs the way they gave this past series to the Rockies. Go Cubs Go!

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